Congressional Democrats Support Killing Baby Girls

(Deseret News) Gendercide has long been known to be an issue in countries such as India and China, but a House bill and two new videos released by pro-life group Live Action have raised the debate on gender-based abortions in the United States.

The Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 3541), sponsored by Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., was defeated in the House Thursday. The bill, which also addressed race-selective abortions, would have made it a federal offense to knowingly do any of these four things:

1. Perform an abortion knowing that the abortion is being sought based on the sex or gender of the child.

2. Use force or treat of force to injure or intimidate any person for the purpose of coercing a sex-selection or race-selection abortion.

3. Solicit or accept funds for a performance of a sex-selection abortion or a race-selection abortion.

4. Transport a women into the U.S. or into a different state for the purpose of getting a sex-selection or race-selection abortion.

“We are the only advanced country left in the world that still doesn’t restrict sex-selection abortion in any way,” Franks told The Associated Press. “This evil practice has now allowed thousands of little girls in America and millions of little girls across the world to be brutally dismembered.”

Prior to the bill’s failure in the House, President Barack Obama said he opposed the legislation.

“The administration opposes gender discrimination in all forms, but the end result of this legislation would be to subject doctors to criminal prosecution if they fail to determine the motivations behind a very personal and private decision,” White House deputy press secretary Jamie Smith told ABC’s Jake Tapper. “The government should not intrude in medical decisions or private family matters in this way.”

A Lozier Institute poll released in May showed that 77 percent of respondents would support a law banning abortion in cases where “the fact that the developing baby is a girl is the sole reason for seeking an abortion.”

According to the Susan B. Anthony List and the Lozier Institute, four states — Illinois, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Arizona — have banned sex-selective abortions. The constitutional authority section of Frank’s defeated bill states that only Arizona has addressed race-selective abortions.

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